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PLOW. No. 320,441. Patented June 16, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

or SAID CHARLES E. MURRAY, (DEGEASED,)

SNYDER, or SAME PLACE.

PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,441, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed August 6, 1884. Renewed May 16, 1885. (No model.)

7 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES E. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brandt, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plows; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a side view of my improved 1 plow. Fig. 2 is a similar view of the opposite side of the same. Fig. 3 is a top view. Fig. 4 is a view of the plow from the land side, disconnected from the riding attachment. Fig. 5 is a rear view of the plow. Fig. (i is a side view of the riding attachment. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the plow-body. Fig. 8 is a view ofa portion of the tongue and wheelframe, showing the operating-lever and the arms connecting the plow to the riding at- 2 5 tachment. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the breast detached. Fig. 10 is a vertical crosssectional view through the inclined wheel within the plow-body, its spindle, one of the braces, and the mold-board. Fig. 11 is aperspective view of a portion of the beam, the forward stirrup-shaped standard, and a por tion of the plow-body. Fig. 12 is a perspec tive view of the casting connecting one of the handles to the mold-board. Fig. 13 is a perspective view of the entire plow, seen from the rear to the land side of the plow. Fig. 14 is a perspective view of the inner end of the extensible arm, the joint connecting said arm to the plow-beam, and the camlever serving to adjust the same. Fig. 15 is a per spective detail view of the rear end of the plow-beam, the rear standard, and the casting securing the handle at the land side of the plow and Figs. 16 and 17 are respectively a longitudinal and a cross section on lines arms to the side of a one-wheeled frame runningupon the land, and in which a wheel is jonrnaled in an inclined position in the rear portion of the plow-body, keeping the plow in the ground and steadyin g it in its progress and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of such a plow, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed. In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the plow-body, which consists of the share a; the mold-board a, the landside a and the breast a".

The share a is perfectly level at its base, provided with the usual point, a, and the middle portion of the share is convex at the portion at, forming a continuation of the mold board, whileits laterally-projecting wing at,

which severs the furrow slice horizontally, is concave, the said convex and concave parts forming portions, or nearly so, of a cylindersurfaee.

The mold-board a is convexly curved in vertical crosssection, with the exception of the portion nearest to the forward curved edge and to the forward standard, which portion (lettered a in the drawings) is slightly concave,

while it is slightly concave in a longitudinal section on a line from the point of the share to the rear end of the mold-board, said line being markedzv .r in the drawings, and the rear end of the mold-board is out oval or elliptical at its rear end, c By this shape of the share and mold-board the furrowslice is out free and raised by the share, receiving a slight roll by the convex portion of the share, whereupon it is perfectly turned or rolled over by the convex side of the mold-board, which prevents the slice from being dragged with the moldboard, and thus clogging the same where the soil is sticky, while the longitudinal concave curve of the mold-board will wedge the plow between the land and the slice, and cause it to run easy and to force the slice freely to the side.

The landside a is narrow and cut off forwardly inclined at its rear edge, a offering very slight frictional resistance, the inclined wheel supplying theheel-support for the plow. The breast (0 which is integral with the landside, consists of a lower rearwardly- ASSIGN'JR TO GOVVDY &

pointing flat arm or plate, co to which the upper edge of the share and the lower edge of the mold-board are bolted by the common countersunk nutted screw-bolts a, and of an upwardly-projecting rearwardly-inclined flange or plate, a", projecting from the for ward edge of the landside, and to which the forward edge of the moldboard is bolted by means of nutted bolts to, the said breast be ing curved to correspond to the curves of the touching portions of the inner sides of'the share and mold-board.

A bolt, b, passes through the upper forward corner of the mold-board of the plow, and the flat lower end of the stirrup-shaped forward standard, B, has a slot, 1), with which the said standard slides vertically upon the bolt 1), and the face I) of the said flat end of the standard is provided with corrugations, which correspond to corrugations upon the face of a washer-plate, b fitting upon the bolt 1), and secured upon the same by means of a nut, 12, upon the end of the bolt, the corrugations upon the faces of the standard and washerplate enabling the standard to be adjusted and retained at various heights upon the bolt,

The upper flat side of the stirrup-shaped portion b has a downwardly-turned flange, 1), upon its forward edge, and the lower hookshaped end, F, of a bolt, b engages the said flange, the said bolt passing through a perforation, 0, in the beam (J, being provided with a nut, b upon its upper end, which nut bears against the upper side of the beam.

By means ofthe vertically-adjustablestandard the pitch of the point of the plow may be adjusted, and by sliding the flanged upper plate of the stirrup-shaped portion of the standard in the hook-shaped end of the bolt 1) and adjusting it by the said bolt and nut the point of the plow may be adjusted to point more or less to or from land, regulating the width of the furrow.

A flat bar, 1), is secured in a rearwardly and upwardly inclined position to the inner side of the land side of the plow-body, and is provided near its rear end with two vertical flanges, d 01, facing from land and forming ways, and at its rear flattened and widened end with a flange, d, bent from land.

A socket, d is secured to the lower edge of the flat bar below the ways, and the lower end of one of the plow-handles E fits in the said socket, while the hook-shaped end, (1 of a nutted bolt, 01*, passing through a perforation in the handle, engages the bent flange d, and may be tightened by its nut at any point of the flange, adjusting the pitch of the handle.

The flat rear standard, F, having a vertical slot, f, slides in the vertical ways at 01 upon a nutted bolt, f, and the upper end of the standard is twisted at a right angle and provided with a downwardly-bent flange, f transverse to the beam, which flange is engaged by the hook-shaped lower end,f of a nutted bolt, f passing through a vertical perforation in the rear end of the beam, the

rear standardthus having adjustments vertically and horizontally similar to the forward standard.

A hook, f is secured upon the outer end of the screw-bolt f, and the draft-bar 0 is hooked with its rear eyed end, 0 upon the same, passing forward through the stirrupshaped portion of the forward standard, and through the eye at the lower end 0! a nutted eyebolt, 0 which passes through a vertical perforation at the forward end of the beam, whereupon the draft-bar is provided with means for attaching the team.

A crossbrace, f, is secured at one end upon the bolt d and at its other end upon a bolt,

f, at the lower rear edge of the mold-board,

bracing the flat bar D at its upperend.

A'flat frame or open casting, G, is secured upon the inner side of the mold-board at its upper rear portion, and has a slot or open socket, g, at its lower end, into which the lower end of the other handle E tits, while the upper end of the casting has an inwardlybent flange, g, which is engaged by the hookshaped end 1 of a nutted bolt, 1 passing through the handle, by means of which bolt the pitch of the handle may be adjusted in the same manner as the other handle.

The lower end of the casting G has a downwardly-projectin g oblique brace, 9 the lower end of which is formed with two vertical flanges, g ,'forming ways, and having a vertical slot, g, and a bent brace bar, 9', is secured at its rear end upon the bolt 7 and at its forward end to the rear end of the breast, and has a flat plate, 9, provided with a vertical slot, 9 which plate and slot correspond to and register with the ways and slot g.-

A bolt, h, projects horizontally from the lower short truncate conical end of the spindle H of the inclined brace-wheel 1L2, the said 7 short end being provided at one side with a block, h which slides in the ways g and the bolt is provided at its outer end with a nut, by means of which the bolt, block, and spindle may be adjusted vertically in the ways.

The upper and longer portion, M, of the spindle is truncate, conical, and hollow, and a screwbolt, h passes through the spindle, passing through a perforation in the upper closed end of the same and through a perforation, h, in the bottom k of the upper longer portion of the spindle, the head of the bolt projecting in a recess, h", in the shorter portion, kg, of the spindle, bearing against a soft packing-disk, h which surrounds the lower side of the perforation, preventing the lubricant which is contained within the hollow spindle from lea-king out.

A soft-metal filling, It, is placed iuthe reof a cap, it, which fits upon the bolt h, and l at its outer end registering with a perforation,

the upper end of the said cap has an upward' ly-projecting collar, h fitting around the bolt, around which collar the central aperture, h, of a dust-excluding cap, h", iits, which cap, together with the wheel and cap It, is secured by means of a washer, h and a nut, 71 fit ting upon the outer end of the bolt.

The upper side of the inclined spindle has a small perforation, If", through which a wick, h, passes, conveying the lubricant from the interior of the hollow spindle to the outside, lubricating the same.

It will thus be seen that the pitch of the handles may be adjusted, the plow-body raised or lowered by the vertical adjustment of the standards, and the plow-body adjusted laterally by the flanged portions of the standards and by the hook-shaped bolts, and the pitch of the plow-point may be furthermore adjusted by the vertical adjustment of the inclined brace-wheel, which represents the heel of the plow.

The rear end of the tongue I of the riding attachment is secured to the fbrwardly-bent end j of a rearwardly-curved frame, J, from the rear end of which the spindle 7c of the riding-wheel K projects laterally, and a curved flanged plate or backbone, L, is secured at its lower end to theland side of the curved frame, having a foot-rest, l, at its lower end, and a T-shaped slot, 5 through its entire length, having the T-shaped portion near the upper end of the backbone.

A curved spring, M, of the same curve as the backbone and as the portion of the periphcry of the riding-wheel covered by the backbone, slides through the T-shaped portion of the slot under the backbone, and has a nutted bolt, m, at its lower end, the upper end of which projects through and slides in the slot, having a nut, m, bearing against the upper sides of the edges of the slot, so that the spring, by means of this nut and bolt, may be adjusted at any height in the slot, raising or lowering the seat m of the driver upon the upper end of the spring as desired.

A brace, N, is secured at its upper end to the upper end of the backbone and at its lower end to the rear end of the curved frame J, upon the side facing from land, and he brace is provided at its upper end with a downwardly-curved hook, it.

A hand-lever, O, is pivoted upon the side of the forwardly-poin tin g portion j of the frame J, and is provided at its shorter lower end with an anti-friction roller, 0, and may be held with its upper arm when tilted rearward by the hook n.

An elbow-lever, P, is pivoted at its bend upon the portion j of the curved frame, for- -ward of the handlever, and the roller upon the said lever may be brought to bear against the rear edge of its shorter rear arm, 19, while the longer forward arm is provided at its side with a flat spring, 12 projecting parallel with the arm, which spring has a perforation, 19

7), at the outer end of the arm, and a nutted bolt, p passes through the said perforations and through a transverse perforation, 0 in the forward end of the beam, the said spring serving to allow a small amount oflateral play in passing obstacles.

A bar, Q, is pivoted to the rear of the handlever, is bent slightly to the side, and has a set'screw, q, at its end, and the bent portion of the bar slides in ways q upon a bar, (1 having the set-screw sliding in a slot, g in the bar the two bars forming an extensible or te escoping arm, and the outer end of bar q has two 1aterally-projecting lips, g between which the flat head of a bolt, q, is pivoted, the said head having laterally-projecting lugs q at the edges. This bolt fits and turns in a transverse perforation, 0 in the rear end of the bca-m,and a cam-lever, (f, is pivoted upon the bolt, between the head of the bolt and the side of the beam, and the flat head of this camlever (1 has two inclined teeth orea-ms, q, upon the side facing the head of the bolt, so that by turning the lever upon its fulcrum the said cams will be forced between the lugs and the beam, jamming them firmly in place, and preventing the bolt from turning in its perforation.

hen the plow is to be used, the team is hitched in the usual manner upon both sides of the tongue, the draft being applied to the outer end of the draft-rod, the plow having been adjusted by means of the standards and the inclined brace-wheel to plow at the required depth and width of furrow.

When the plow is to enter the ground, the hand-lever is thrown forward, causing its roller to bear against the lower edge of the inner end of the extensible arm, which will raise the rear end of the plow and cause its point to enter the ground, whereupon the inclined bracewheel, when suitably adjusted, will keep the plow in the ground at its proper depth.

When the plow is to be raised in the ground,

the hand-lever is tilted rearward, when its roller will bear against the rear edge of the short arm of the elbow-lever, causing the latter to raise the forward end of the beam, and consequently the plow-point, and when the plow is to be raised entirely out of the ground the rear end is first raised and the cam-lever tilted so as to hold the bolt from turning, which will prevent the extensible arm from dropping from its raised position, whereupon the hand-lever is tilted rearward and held by the hook at the seat.

It will be seen that the extensible arm will allow the plow to be raised and lowered freely, which would be impossible were both bars nonextensible.

Having thus deseribed myinvention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination, with the plow-beam, of the two-part standards having slots and serrated faces for vertical adjustment, and having the transverse downwardly-bent flanges and the bolts having the lower hookshaped ends engaging the said flanges, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the inclined spindle for the brace-wheel, said spindle consisting of a hollow truneate-conical upper portion having a perforation at its upper and lower end, and having a wick-aperture at its upper side, and a shorter truncate-conical lower portion having a recess, the inclined brace-wheel having a conical bore in its hub, and having the upper end of the said bore beveled, the cap having the beveled lower edges and the collar at its top, the dirt-excluding cap fitting with its central aperture around the collar of the aforesaid cap and covering the hub, the bolt passing through the spindle, the nut and washer fitting upon the end of the said bolt, the flexible packing-disk fitting around the bolt at its head, and the soft-metal filling in the recess in the lower end of the spindle, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

3. The combination, with a plow and a riding attachment, of an elbowarm pivoted at its bend to the side of the riding attachment and pivoted at the end of one arm to the forward end of the plow-beam, an extensible arm pivoted to the side of the riding attachment at one end and with a universal'joint at the other end to the rear end of the plow-heam, and a hand-lever pivoted between the ends of the arms upon the side of the riding attachment, and having a roller at the'end of its shorter lower arm adapted to bear against the rear bent arm of the elbow-arm and against the inner end of the extensible arm, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

4. The combination, with a plow and a riding attachment, of the arm P, pivoted to the side of the riding attachment, having its forward end perforated at p and provided with the flat spring 12 having perforation p at its end, and the boltp", bearing with its head against'the spring, passing through the perforations in the spring and in the arm secured in the forward end of the plow-beam, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

5. The combination of the curved flanged backbone L, fitting over a portion of the pe riphery of the ridingwheel, and having a longitudinal slot, 1 formed with a T-shaped portion at its upper end, the curved seat-spring M,

and the nutted bolt m, passing through the lowor end of the spring and sliding in slot L bearing with its nut m against the upper sides of the edges of the slot, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

6. The combination, with the plow and the riding attachment, of the extensible arm Q, pivoted to the side of the riding attachment, and having the lips Q4 at its other end, the bolt 9 pivoted with its flat head between the'lips, having laterally-projecting lugs g at the edges of the head, and secured to the rear end of the plow-beam, and the cam-lever q, having the inclined teeth g upon the outer face of its inner end pivoted upon bolt Q5, and adapted to wedge with its teeth under the lugs upon the head of the bolt, as and for the purpose shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. MURRAY.

Witnesses:

JOHN H. BODIKER, HIRAM BROWN. 

